The Microsoft-Activision partnership: What You Need to Know
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) – Microsoft announced its big-ticket ambitions to purchase US video game juggernaut Activision Blizzard on Tuesday, a gaming industry record-smashing transaction. The deal, which is anticipated to close next year, would strengthen Microsoft’s position in the expanding gaming business while also leveraging its capabilities in software andContinue Reading
India: Muslim hijabi students are barred from attending classes.
BENGALURU: Three Muslim students in India were thrown out of class after wearing headscarves to college. “When we got at the classroom entrance, the instructor informed us we couldn’t enter because we were wearing the hijab,” one of the pupils told Al Jazeera. “She requested that we take it down.”Continue Reading
A court in Islamabad has issued a non-bailable arrest order for a couple.
ISLAMABAD: After the pair in the Islamabad harassment case failed to appear for a hearing, a district and sessions court in Islamabad issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against them on Tuesday, according to Geo News. Judge Mohammad Ata Rabbani presided over the proceedings and voiced his displeasure at the couple’sContinue Reading
The opposition is only plotting against the government and is uninterested in reforms: Fawad
ISLAMABAD: Despite the government’s persistent efforts to engage them on key system changes, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry claimed on Tuesday that the Opposition was only interested in creating conspiracies against it. “We want to work with the Opposition on electoral and judicial reforms, as well asContinue Reading
The Jaffar Express derailed at Sibi, injuring at least five people.
SIBI – Three bogies of the Jaffar Express derailed in Sibi on Tuesday after a bomb incident along the Quetta-Peshawar railway lines injured at least five persons, according to reports. According to authorities, the explosion happened when the train was moving on the railway line near Mushkaf in Sibi. NearContinue Reading
Two militants were killed by security personnel in North Waziristan. IBO
RAWALPINDI – During an operation in the Thal region of North Waziristan District on Tuesday, security forces killed two militants. Security Forces launched an Intelligence Based Operation (IBO) on the suspected presence of terrorists in Thal, North Waziristan, according to a statement released by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). TwoContinue Reading
Sarah Gill is the first transgender doctor in Pakistan.
KARACHI, On Tuesday, Sarah Gill made history by becoming Pakistan’s first transgender doctor. Sarah has successfully completed her MBBS final exams at Karachi University. With hard effort and commitment, she believes that everyone may achieve anything. She has put forth a lot of effort to become a doctor. “No oneContinue Reading
PIA has decided to fly 63 weekly flights between Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates.
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has announced the launch of 63 weekly flights between Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). According to the Pakistan International Airlines management, 14 flights would be flown from Islamabad to Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, and Fujairah, with return flights to Islamabad. 17 flightsContinue Reading
Three police officers were injured in a grenade attack in Peshawar, including a Sub-Inspector.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — On Tuesday, three police officers were injured in a hand grenade attack on a law enforcement patrol in Peshawar, Pakistan’s northwest. Unidentified persons assaulted a police mobile vehicle in the Budh Bair district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, wounded three police officers, including a sub-inspector and two constables, accordingContinue Reading
Covid instances have resulted in the closure of nine more schools in Islamabad.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – In the wake of a spike in coronavirus infections, authorities in the federal capital have shuttered nine additional schools. This comes as the country has reported over 5,000 new illnesses in the just 24 hours. The highly transmissible omicron strain is fueling a fifth wave of COVID-19Continue Reading